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Logline: A dim-witted, failing actress is recruited by the FBI to help bring down a powerful crime syndicate by going undercover as the daughter of a major crime lord, who just happens to be her doppelganger.

Logline: After being kidnapped from his lands as a child, the Patuxet Indian Squanto spends his life fighting impossible odds to return home, setting in motion a series of events that changes the course of history. The epic true story behind one of America’s most endearing myths.

Logline: A 17-year-old amateur detective, who must tread carefully between the upper echelons of Victorian England society and her work assisting the police in secret, attempts to uncover the truth behind a rash of mysterious deaths in London, in which the bodies have all been drained of blood.

Logline: The tragic true story of an idealistic Union officer stationed in the remote Colorado territory during the Civil War who struggles against cultural misunderstandings, politics, and greed to navigate contentious peace talks with the local Native Americans, and to protect the tribe from the extermination orders handed down from his superiors.

Logline: When her parents are killed, a young woman living in an isolated colony on Mars must trek across the planet to find other colonists, avoiding the dangerous feral humans roaming the red sands

Logline: An anxious American in Tokyo befriends a mysterious woman who became famous for committing murder as a girl, and find they complete each other in the worst way. When their relationship blossoms into murder, they go on the run, embarking on a bloody journey of self-discovery across Japan.

Logline: After dying, an immature, life-long partier is sent to a unique kind of purgatory where he has to relive his senior year of high school to atone for his teenage sins. If he passes all his classes, he’ll move on, but if he fails, he’ll be stuck in the 1980s attending high school over and over again.

Logline: When they win a free rent contest together, an elderly woman is compelled to share an apartment with a man she has harbored a 50-year grudge against. When they become more than just roommates, they must find a way to work around disapproving family, ancient insults, and damaging secrets.

The Launch Pad Feature Competition, alongside our exclusive competition partners Vertigo Entertainment, Twin Padres Productions, ESA, and Bellevue, are incredibly thrilled to announce the 2016 Launch Pad Feature Competition’s winners.

Logline: A Serengeti native and haunted former guerilla soldier, forced into poaching ivory to feed his starving family, finds himself gaining unwanted notoriety after shooting his estranged brother – a ruthless warlord who comes looking for revenge.

Logline: After the Chinese Mafia threaten to harm his family if he doesn’t make good on his gambling debts, a detective does the only logical thing he can think of – he hires two petty criminals to help him rob an illegal poker tournament. The plan is foolproof, until people start dying. When plans A and B fail, it’s time for Plan C.

Logline: Seeking to uncover the truth behind her mother’s suspicious death, a tech-savvy journalist discovers a secret island of abandoned, malfunctioning robots that possess sentience, and must navigate their uprising while surviving the brutal retaliation of an AI corporation attempting to silence her.

Logline: A socially awkward coin collector plans a trip upstate to acquire a rare penny that has eluded him for years, but finds his dream hindered when a loud-mouthed girl forces herself into his plans and tags along.

Logline: A man wins the chance to visit three important moments from his past, giving him the potential to alter the direction of his life as he knows it and make a better future for himself.

Logline: An arch skeptic and brilliant academic, famous for debunking fraudulent mediums, and an unassuming Bostonian housewife with an extraordinary ability scientifically prove there is life after death. This is a true story.

Logline: The teenage son of a famous actress steps into the spotlight and catches the eye of his movie star crush after giving a speech at a gay rights event, soon finding himself torn between his new boyfriend and his overbearing mother.

Logline: In a world where a Christmas tree’s star is actually a secret transmitter used by Santa Claus to identify all of the active Christmas homes throughout the world, a toy soldier must lead a group of ornaments in a desperate race against time to find their missing star so Santa doesn’t skip their house.

Logline: A man who works for a black market company that erases people’s memories without their knowledge finds himself embroiled in a political conspiracy thanks to his latest job, which also brings to light a dark secret from his own past.

Logline: The sheriff of a remote town falls for the prime suspect in a murder case – a woman who wandered in from the desert with no idea who she is or where she came from – only to discover that she is involved in a dangerous conflict between the FBI and a group of violent drug dealers.

Logline: A wisecracking kid and his friends investigate strange happenings in their town, which he thinks might be tied to the disappearance of his father years earlier. With the help of a salesman who claims to own the moon, they must outsmart a rogue government agent and rescue an alien rover stranded on earth.

Logline: A blue collar worker in Northern Florida wakes up with no memory of the past two years to find the world has moved on without him. When his loved ones refuse to believe his problems are anything other than self-inflicted, he tries to unravel what happened to him with the help of a woman who has experienced the same phenomenon.

Logline: In order to get money to take care of his grandmother, a boy and his friend kidnap a beauty queen and hold her for ransom, but the crime quickly escalates to capture the attention of their entire small town.

Logline: Two years after disowning her family, and shortly after the death of her addict brother, a young woman is forced to reunite with the very people she despises for the celebration of her other brother’s wedding.

Logline: A billionaire and master thief takes on his biggest job yet, stealing the famous clock from New York’s Grand Central Terminal. But it’s a race against time when his greatest enemy enters the picture.

Logline: When a conspiracy to conquer England leads to the assassination of Robin Hood right before her eyes, Marian must rise to power and lead her people into a war that will not only decide the fate of the kingdom, but that will see her don the mantle of the man she loved, and reimagine the story of a legend we thought we knew.

Logline: A Japanese-American family struggles to maintain their identity and stay together after they are relocated to the Manzanar internment camp during World War II.

Logline: Based on the true story of cyclist Major Taylor who, in the 1890s, battled racism and the world’s top riders to become the first ever African American to be recognized on an international level for his athletic achievements.

Logline: After dying of a broken heart, a widowed man gets a second chance to be with the love of his last life when they are both reincarnated.

Logline: Two senior girls want to score a ton of weed for their last high school party to cement their legacy, but their plans take a crazy and hilarious detour after they wind up scoring more than they can handle.

Logline: On the rugged, remote Faroe Islands, a disgraced former CIA agent connects with his long lost son, a burnt-out reporter who could set the story straight, while luring in those who betrayed him for one last game of revenge.